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■^NEW- GERMANS: OF, 45,000 TONS. Dy TclepaW-Presa'•Aßeboietton-rOoD jtleht ■'[■ \) ;'(Eeo.:February\2i, ; 9.3o pjn.) ; : . ■.:■: '.'■■ ■■■.■ V ;;;'Berlln^OFeijmary ■ ZL. . :'■ Thb'.ilambnrg-American line is ordering '-'lihprs V'iiOOf t. ■■■; long,: jwith I a tonnage :of.:45,000. : to:: SP,OOQ,} and.,"a; 'speed ;.oi ;'.' 2l knors; ; :^:','.' : (! ; : : j .:^.>;r-^>;;::;;;;;: , /:.:. :'::•; 'KThfe : .yulca£;Tards:-:;are special 'slip's for tho'nDw-.leyiathans.'.,. ■ ■;- BIGGER,'BUT, SLOWER, THAN THE ;/,,■-:;'. : : The White ' Star; ■]f and: '• '.the.' : Hamburg-Americaii'.Company are i both' credited .with-'designing a: type .of. trans-. Atlantic,steamer-that will be; bigger.-than ; tho:':'Cuiiarders ..■ (Maurotania-, and . Lusi-. tania) without; attempting -to equal, them in "speed.' According, to. various reports, ■ :the ipllbwing' table .furnishes' an .approximate/ comparison., of ; 'th'e'. Curiarders,. the :Whito Stars, now. buildirigj: and ; the prbijccted; German leviathans;'; ;V :.:..■'■■ ;: -'-.''-';V'■:.. : - :;V -':'Length ■■'■I,:.'/■'!■,■'■■■ - ; .•"' : .'-- ■'■■■■ ] /Ste'amer:-:rv Feet: Tonnage:;.-, Speed// Mauretania'':■:;...':7B7.i6 : :;31,938" v2sknots. New White Stars 840 -'" 45,000', 21.knots .Now ; ,Gennans:.■..."Bpp : y; r .. : .'"45,q00 .;. ; ; 21 ; khpts; ' : The'new'' White Star.'liners/ Vhichr' are being bmlt'.'.at;-Bjßlfast'-.by. Messrs. -Harland :and Wolff, ; are estimated ; ;to .each -.'cost from. ,v£1,200,000...: to, 5ei,500,000, -and : ;are expected to. fe completed' this year. They will',be called^ther Olympic and.- the Ti-' '.tariio;''.'■•'';.■;'■..y:..•:'.■ v.:-, v . :^7-;j.-.':->:: ;-,v/''"C.:■'..?.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 748, 22 February 1910, Page 5
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